On December 12, 2018, Zenimax Media Inc. and Oculus VR Inc. reached an undisclosed settlement in the copyright infringement dispute regarding alleged stolen source code. The settlement follows an appeal by both sides after a Dallas District Court judge reduced by half a jury’s $500 million damages award to Zenimax in June 2018.

On January 1, 2020, a new smart device data privacy law will take effect in California and will require manufacturers of internet-enabled devices to include “reasonable security” features to protect all data stored or transmitted from “unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification or disclosure.” Passage of the law follows several months after California enacted the California Consumer Protection Act of 2018, which contains strict protections for consumer personal information.